Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... (4th century - 5th century - 6th century - other centuries) // Events Rome sacked by Visigoths in 410. ... (5th century — 6th century — 7th century — other centuries) Events The first academy of the east the Academy of Gundeshapur founded in Persia by the Persian Shah Khosrau I. Irish colonists and invaders, the Scots, began migrating to Caledonia (later known as Scotland) Glendalough monastery, Wicklow Ireland founded by St. ... (6th century - 7th century - 8th century - other centuries) Events Islam starts in Arabia, the Quran is written, and Arabs subjugate Syria, Iraq, Persia, Egypt, North Africa and Central Asia to Islam. ...

Decades: 490s - 500s - 510s - 520s - 530s - 540s - 550s - 560s - 570s - 580s - 590s This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Centuries: 4th century - 5th century - 6th century Decades: 440s - 450s - 460s - 470s - 480s - 490s - 500s - 510s - 520s - 530s - 540s Years: 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 Events: Possible timing of King Arthurs victory over the Saxons. ... Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century Decades: 450s - 460s - 470s - 480s - 490s - 500s - 510s - 520s - 530s - 540s - 550s Years: 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 Events and Trends: Clovis I, king of the Franks, defeats the Visigoths at the battle of Vouille in 507... Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century Decades: 460s - 470s - 480s - 490s - 500s - 510s - 520s - 530s - 540s - 550s - 560s Years: 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 Events and Trends: Possible timing of King Arthurs victory over the Saxons 512 - Roman (Byzantine) Emperor Anastasius I... Centuries: 5th Century - 6th Century - 7th Century Decades: 470s - 480s - 490s - 500s - 510s - 520s - 530s - 540s - 550s - 560s - 570s Years: 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 Events and Trends Maelgwn Hir ap Cadwallon, perhaps legendary, assumes the throne of Gwynedd in Great Britain (possible date... Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century Decades: 480s - 490s - 500s - 510s - 520s - 530s - 540s - 550s - 560s - 570s - 580s Years: 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 Events and Trends Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, built (532-537) General Belisarius defeats the Vandals in North Africa, and brings... Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century Decades: 500s - 510s _ 520s - 530s - 540s - 550s - 560s - 570s - 580s - 590s - 600s Years: 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 Events and Trends Categories: 550s ... Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century Decades: 510s - 520s _ 530s - 540s - 550s - 560s - 570s - 580s - 590s - 600s - 610s Years: 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 Events and Trends The Byzantine conquest of Italy, completed in 560, comes to a premature end with the... Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century Decades: 520s - 530s _ 540s - 550s - 560s - 570s - 580s - 590s - 600s - 610s - 620s Years: 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 Events and Trends Birth of Muhammad, prophet of Islam Categories: 570s ... Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century Decades: 530s - 540s _ 550s - 560s - 570s - 580s - 590s - 600s - 610s - 620s - 630s Years: 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 Events and Trends Categories: 580s ... Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century Decades: 540s - 550s _ 560s - 570s - 580s - 590s - 600s - 610s - 620s - 630s - 640s Years: 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 Events and Trends Pope Pope Gregory I sends a mission led by Augustine of Canterbury, consisting of forty...

Years: 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 Events Byzantine general Belisarius conquers Milan and the Ostrogoth capital Ravenna. ... Events January 1 - Flavius Basilius Junior appointed as consul in Constantinople, the last person to hold this office January 2 - Earthquake strikes Laodicea. ... Events The plague killed upwards of 100,000 in Constantinople and perhaps two million or more in the rest of the Byzantine Empire (possibly exaggerated). ... Events The doctrine of apocatastasis is condemned by the Synod of Constantinople. ... Events Belisarius is sent back to Italy to once more fight the Ostrogoths who have been making reconquests in the area. ... Events The Ostrogoths besiegeRome. ... Events The Ostrogoths under Totila retake Rome from the Byzantine Empire. ... Events Ida founds the kingdom of Bernicia at Bamburgh (traditional date). ... Events Belisarius is relieved of command over the Byzantine forces in Italy and replaced with Narses. ... Events Liang Jin Wen Di succeeds Liang Wu Di as ruler of the Liang Dynasty in China. ... Events End of the Eastern Wei Dynasty and beginning of the Northern Qi Dynasty in northern China. ...

Events and Trends

• The Eastern Roman Empire conquers Milan and the Ostrogoth capital of Ravenna in 540. Over the course of the decade, the Ostrogoth king, Totila, responds by conquering Naples, Benevento, Rome, and other parts of Italy.
• Schism between the Syrian Orthodox Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church over the doctrine of Monophysitism. In 540, the Pope of Rome writes a critique of Monophystism. In 544, Jacob Baradaeus, the Bishop of Edessa, consecrates Sergius of Tella as Patriarch of Antioch, effecting a permanent schism.
• Ara Gaya gained the leadership of Gaya Confederacy in Korean peninsula.
• 540 - Death of King Arthur and his son Mordred according to the Annales Cambriae.
• 541 - The Uighurs come under the rule of the Hephthalites.
• 548 - Goguryeo invades Baekje, at the request of Ara Gaya.
• 549 - Emperor Jinwen succeeds Emperor Wu as ruler of the Liang Dynasty in China.